媒體英語
Images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct影像證明一種多年不見蹤影的針鼴并未滅絕
科學(xué)家們首次拍攝到以戴維·阿滕伯勒爵士的名字命名的一種古老的卵生哺乳動(dòng)物——
Attenborough long-beaked echidna阿滕伯勒長喙針鼴。此前人們認(rèn)為這種針鼴恐怕已經(jīng)滅絕，但這些影像證明事實(shí)并非如此。
The black-and-white images taken from a camera trap show the Attenborough long-beaked echidna lumbering through the rainforest. Four three-second bursts of video. The first time this species had ever been caught on camera. And proof after years of searching, that they are not extinct and live in the remote Cyclops mountains of Indonesia.
從相機(jī)陷阱拍攝的黑白影像中可以看到阿滕伯勒長喙針鼴緩慢笨拙地在雨林中穿行。影像包括四段三秒長的視頻。這是該物種首次被相機(jī)拍攝到。經(jīng)過多年的尋找，這些影像證明了阿滕伯勒長喙針鼴并沒有滅絕，它們生活在印度尼西亞偏遠(yuǎn)的獨(dú)眼巨人山脈。
Echidna have spikes on their back like a porcupine and a toothless beak with which they dig for insects.
針鼴的背上有像豪豬一樣的尖刺，沒有牙齒的喙用來挖食昆蟲。
It's hoped their rediscovery will strengthen the case for the pristine mountains they live in to be further protected.
研究人員希望這個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)充分表明了阿滕伯勒長喙針鼴生活的原始山脈需得到進(jìn)一步的保護(hù)。
詞匯表
black-and-white 黑白的
camera trap （用于野外生態(tài)研究的）相機(jī)陷阱，隱藏的遙控相機(jī)
lumbering 緩慢笨拙地移動(dòng)
caught on camera 被相機(jī)拍到
extinct 滅絕的
spikes 尖刺
porcupine 豪豬
beak 喙，（動(dòng)物的）嘴
pristine 原始的，未受損的
閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問題。
1.What kind of environment was this echidna filmed in?
2.True or False? Echidna have smooth backs.
3.How do echidna get insects to eat?
4.What do some people hope happens as a result of this discovery?
答案
1.What kind of environment was this echidna filmed in?
This echidna was filmed in a rainforest.
2.True or False? Echidna have smooth backs.
False. Echidna have spikes on their back, like a porcupine.
3.How do echidna get insects to eat?
They use a toothless beak to dig for insects.
4.What do some people hope happens as a result of this discovery?
People hope the rediscovery of the Attenborough long-beaked echidna will strengthen the case for the pristine mountains they live in to be further protected.
